Cgats Subcommittes & Their Activities
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Subcommittee 3 - Metrology Development of standards for the measurement of optical characteristics (e.g., densitometry, colorimetry, etc.) of graphic arts images and materials.
- Minutes: 2009 Meeting in Grand Rapids, MI
- Minutes: 2009 Meeting in Mesa, AZ
- Minutes: March 2010 meeting in Oakdale, MN
Subcommittee 4 - Process Control Development of standards that support the application of printing process control (e.g., process definition, characterization, analysis, control tools, etc.).
- Minutes: 2009 Meeting in Grand Rapids, MI
- Minutes: 2009 Meeting in Mesa, AZ
- Minutes: March 2010 meeting in Oakdale, MN
Subcommittee 5 - Materials Handling Identification of needs relating to handling of materials used in, or produced by, the printing or converting process.
Subcommittee 6 Working Group 1 - PDF/X Development of a set of standards to be used for the electronic exchange of files using Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF).
Subcommittee 6 Working Group 2 - Variable Data Exchange Development of a standard relating to the creation and exchange of documents that combine both database information and variable content.
Subcommittee 6 Working Group 3 - Diecutting Data (IT8.6) Maintainance of IT8.6-2002, "Graphic technology - Prepress digital data exchange - Diecutting data (DDES3)".
Subcommittee 9 Working Group 2 - Ink and Color Characterization for Packaging Development of a procedure to characterize package printing of standard and non-standard process colors
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